Coroden, son of William Henry HESS and Lusetta BROWN, was born 28 Feb 1847 in Jackson County, Michigan. He farmed near Brooklyn and Cement City. He married Sarah Ellen CARPENTER 21 Sep 1869. Seven children were born to them. All lived to maturity except Murray who died at the age of eleven of scarlet fever. Coroden died after emergency surgery while on a hunting trip to northern Michigan. His death certificate lists the causes of death as strangulated hernia, asthma and emphysema. He was a member of the Baptist church in Cement City.

Sarah was the youngest child of William S. CARPENTER and Lydia OLDER, b 19 Jun 1851. After her husband died she lived on a farm willed to her by her father, near Cememt City, Michigan. It is a short distance from the cemetery where she is buried. In her old age she lived in a boarding home in Jackson, MI. She died suddenly of a heart attack while visiting her daughter, Blanche (Bird) BRODIE in Huntington, Indiana. Blanche died two months later after a fall downstairs while visiting friends.

Sarah’s oldest son, William, was an engineer. He died in a mine explosion in British Columbia. Another son, Thurman Carl, a gunsmith, also lived in Canada. He died at age 102.

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CHART NO. 1

HUSBAND: WILLIAM HENRY HESS (ID=261)

Born 28 Mar 1816

Place Camillus, NY

Marr 20 May 1840

Place NY

Died 09 Mar 1909

Place Brooklyn, MI (Jackson)

Bur.

Place Napoleon Cemetery Jackson Co. MI

HUSBAND’S FATHER: CONRAD HESS (ID=270)

HUSBAND’S MOTHER: LAURA WOOD (ID=271)

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: LUSETTA BROWN (ID=262)

Born 23 Feb 1821

Place Canandaigua, NY (Ontario)

Died 11 Mar 1913

Place Napoleon, MI (Jackson)

Bur.

Place Napoleon Cemetery, Jackson Co. MI

WIFE’S FATHER: WILLIAM BROWN (ID=370)

WIFE’S MOTHER: LUCINDA GODARD (ID=371)

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 M

MURRAY WILLIAM HESS (ID=263)

03 Jun 1841

NY

27 Dec 1866

25 Sep 1933

Mary Elizabeth SWAIN (NO ID)

2 M

MERRITT HESS (ID=264)

1843

NY

1932

Margaret COGKIN (NO ID)

3 M

CHARLES HESS (ID=265)

1845

MI

Margaret BROWN (NO ID)

4 M

CORODEN MILES HESS (ID=252)

28 Feb 1847

Liberty Twnshp, MI (Jackson)

21 Sep 1869

21 Oct 1898

SARAH ELLEN CARPENTER (ID=253)

5 M

EDGAR J. HESS (ID=266)

24 Apr 1851

MI

19 Aug 1870

18 Jul 1880

Laura Jane HUNT (NO ID)

6 F

CLARA HESS (ID=267)

ca 1855

MI

Robert CAMERON (NO ID)

7 M

HUGH HENRY HESS (ID=268)

21 May 1859

Jackson Co. MI

1939

Lilla DEWEY (NO ID)

8 F

LYDIA HESS (ID=269)

MI

Bo MILLER (NO ID)

OTHER MARRIAGES

6-Nathan RODGERS (NO ID)

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ID-261 WILLIAM HENRY HESS

William Henry was born 28 Mar 1816 in Onondaga County, New York, son of Conrad HESS and Laura WOOD. He grew up in Steuben County. He married Lusetta BROWN in 1840. Their first two children were born in New York. He immigrated to Michigan in 1843. His parents and at least two brothers also came about the same time. He farmed near Brooklyn, Jackson County, Michigan. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His son, Murray, was in the Civil War, in the 5th Michigan Cavalry, and fought with General CUSTER at Gettysburg. His grandaughter, Ella HESS HOWLAND, lived to be over 106 years old-see story on Mrs HOWLAND in book, Guilford H. Rothfuss, ‘Round the Square – a story of Brooklyn area in prose and pictures (Brooklyn, MI, Brooklyn Historical Society, The Exponent Press, 1981), p. 156. Ella HESS HOWLAND describes him as a gentle and kind man. He was a farmer. He and his wife were married sixty-nine years. His son, Hugh Henry, had a general store in Napoleon, Michigan, for many years, and later the post office. An adopted son, Ray, and a daughter, Ann, are listed on the census-no further information found on them.

Lusetta was born in New York in 1821. She was the daughter of William BROWN and Lucinda GODARD. Nothing is known of her early life. Her grandaughter, Ella HESS HOWLAND, described her as a spitfire. She tells a story about her grandmother, as an old lady, climbing a ladder to pick cherries. When asked why, she said she was picking them for Murray and Met (her sons) as it was too hot for them to pick and they were too old.

REFERENCES:

BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Same as ID-261; “Jackson County, MI Records of Deaths,” p. 90 D, Jackson County courthouse; headstone inscription for Lusetta HESS, 1821-1913, Napoleon cemetery, Jackson Co. MI, on same stone as husband and mother, Lucinda HOLDEN. Picture taken by author 20 May 1978.

CHILDREN: Same as ID-261; photocopy of school records for four older sons from Mrs. John HARBAUGH, Cement City, MI, 1984.

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CHART NO. 10

HUSBAND: CONRAD HESS (ID=270)

Born 05 Sep 1780

Place German Flats, NY (Montgy)

Marr 01 Jan 1809

Place Camillus, NY (Onon)

Died 14 Feb 1865

Place Liberty Twsp, MI (Jackson)

Bur.

Place E. Liberty Twnsp. Cemetery, MI (Jackson)

HUSBAND’S FATHER: JOHN HESS (ID=276)

HUSBAND’S MOTHER: MARGARET FULMER (ID=277)

WIFE: LAURA WOOD (ID=271)

Born 22 Jul 1792

Place Milton, NY (Saratoga)

Died 21 Jul 1881

Place Liberty, MI (Jackson)

Bur.

Place E. Liberty Twnsp. Cemetery, MI (Jackson)

WIFE’S FATHER: NATHAN WOOD (ID=314)

WIFE’S MOTHER: ZILPHA SPRAGUE (ID=315)

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 M

WILLIAM HENRY HESS (ID=261)

28 Mar 1816

Camillus, NY (Onondaga)

20 May 1840

09 Mar 1909

LUSETTA BROWN (ID=262)

2 M

CHARLES T. HESS (ID=272)

1819

NY

31 Dec 1857

Permelia GATES (NO ID)

3 M

NATHAN HESS (ID=273)

?/Nov 1820/1822

NY

22 Jun 1901

Desdemona (NO ID)

4 M

OSCAR HESS (ID=274)

5 M

LEMIRA HESS (ID=275)

OTHER MARRIAGES

[page 238]

ID-270 CONRAD HESS

Conrad HESS was born 5 Sep 1780 in German Flats, New York, son of John HESS and Margaret FULMER. He moved to Onondaga County with his father about 1799. They were among the first settlers of that county. He married Laura WOOD in Camillus, New York in 1809. He was a farmer. He lived in Cohocton, Steuben County, New York in 1825, moving from there in 1843 to Jackson County Michigan with his sons. He is thought to have had eight or twelve children, but only four sons can be identified. S. Whitney Phoenix, THE WHITNEY FAMILY lists another son, Lemira HESS, living in Washington, Iowa in 1877. Conrad and Laura HESS were living with their son, Nathan, in the Michigan 1850 and 1860 census. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church in Liberty township, Jackson County. Conrad was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving in the New York Militia in Captain Asa CHATFIELD’s company. He received bounty land in Wisconsin. His widow applied for a pension in 1879, but died before receiving it.

Our line descends through William Henry HESS, spouse of Lusetta BROWN.

REFERENCES:

BIRTH-PARENTS: “Baptism record for Conrath HESS,” born 5 Sep 1780, bapt. 27 Sep 1780, Royden Woodward Vosburgh, Records of Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of German Flats in Fort Herkimer, town of German Flats, Herkimer County, N.Y. trans. by NYGBS, Vol. 1 (New York City: May 1918), p. 6, lists parents as Johannes HESS and Margaretha, sponsors, Conrath VOLMER and Lena. Copy of record at Montgomery County Dept. of History and Archives, Fonda, NY, seen by writer 26 June 1985, copy also at Family History Library, Salt Lake City; DAR records, Laura HESS DEER #292904, 1935; Marya DEER NILL #694393, 1985.

MARRIAGE: “Service Pension, War of 1812, Widow’s Brief,” #35077 of Laura WOOD gives date of marriage, 1 Jan 1809. Photocopy from National Archives, San Bruno, CA, in possession of author.

MILITARY: Ibid.

LAND: NY deeds-Herkimer Co. 1799, Onondaga Co. 1822, Steuben Co. 1827, deed 20-98 15 May 1832 Pulteney Estate to Conradt HESS of Cohocton, land in Cohocton for $300, photocopies of original deeds in possession of author; Conradt HESS and Laura h/w to William C. CRITTENDEN, most of same land for $1650, 40-131, 23 Nov; Conradt HES and Laura h/w to Nathaniel R. CHASE, rest of land for $167, 40-417, 22 Mar 1843-letter from Jame HOPE, deputy historian, Dept. of History and Archives, Bath, Steuben Co., NY 25 May 1988. War of 1812 bounty land in WI #25610, Mar 1856, sold to Eli RUDD, Sauk, WI.

Laura WOOD was born 22 Jul 1792 in Milton, Saratoga County, New York, daughter of Nathan WOOD and Zilpha SPRAGUE. Her parents moved to Onondaga County in 1805, where she married Conrad HESS in 1809. She moved to Michigan with her husband and sons in 1843. Laura applied for a War of 1812 widow’s pension in 1879. She died before it was approved. She was ill and not competent to sign her name at that time.

[page 239]

REFERENCES:

BIRTH-PARENTS: DAR record of Carolyn WRIGHT, Albuquerque, NM, #693384 (Washington, D.C. DAR Library), Revolutionary War record of Nathan WOOD; S. Whitney Phoenix, The WHITNEY Family of Connecticut, 3 Vols. (New York, printed privately 1876), p. 1382; War of 1812 pension record gives age as 89 in 1879; land deed 20 Jan 1840 Onondaga Co. NY, lists her and Conrad HESS with her mother, Zilpha WOOD, and siblings on land sale after death of father, Nathan WOOD. DAR records of Laura HESS DEER and Marya DEER NILL.

CHILDREN: Same as ID-270; Nathan HESS died in 1901, his wife in 1892, and their only child, Ida Emogen in 1865 at age 15. Nathan was said to be a very kind and gentle man.

[photo]

Murray HESS Lusetta BROWN HESS William Henry HESS

ca 1900

[photo]

Grave Marker, Napoleon Cemetery, Jackson Co. MI

William Henry HESS Lusetta BROWN HESS Lucinda GODARD BROWN HOLDEN

[page 240]

CHART NO. 10

HUSBAND: JOHN HESS (ID=276)

Born 22 Dec 1747

Place Warren, NY (Tryon)

Marr

Place

Died 22 May 1805

Place Camillus, NY (Onon)

Bur.

Place Elbridge Cemetery, NY (Onon)

HUSBAND’S FATHER: AUGUSTINUS HESS (ID=286)

HUSBAND’S MOTHER: ANNA CATHERINA KAST (ID=287)

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: MARGARET FULMER (ID=277)

Born 16 Feb 1748

Place

Died 25 Jul 1821

Place Camillus, NY (Onon)

Bur.

Place Elbridge Cemetery, NY (Onon)

WIFE’S FATHER: CONRAD FULMER (ID=510)

WIFE’S MOTHER: HELENA HILTS (OR FRANK (ID=511)

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 M

AUGUSTINUS HESS (ID=278)

02 Jan 1775

Warren, NY (Montgy)

02 Jul 1854

Catherine BOWEN (NO ID)

2 F

ANNA MARIA HESS (ID=279)

01 Nov 1776

German Flats, NY (Montgy)

3 M

CONRAD HESS (ID=270)

05 Sep 1780

German Flats, NY (Montgy)

01 Jan 1809

14 Feb 1865

LAURA WOOD (ID=271)

4 M

JOHN HESS (ID=280)

bp 1784

German Flats, NY (Montgy)

Eva (NO ID)

5 M

FREDERICK HESS (ID=281)

31 Mar 1785

German Flats, NY (Montgy)

Gerusha (NO ID)

6 F

CATHERINE HESS (ID=282)

26 Oct 1787

German Flats, NY (Montgy)

Simon MARSHALL (NO ID)

7 M

HEINRICH (HENRY) HESS (ID=283)

12 Mar 1790

German Flats, NY (Herkimer)

Prudence (NO ID)

8 M

RUDOLPH (REUBEN) HESS (ID=284)

24 Jan 1792/3

German Flats, NY (Herkimer)

1868

Fannie COLLINS (NO ID)

9 F

MARGARET HESS (ID=285)

Stone Arabia, NY (Alby)

GETMAN (NO ID)

[page 241]

ID-276 JOHN (JOHANNES) HESS

John HESS was born in Albany County, New York, 22 Dec 1747, son of Augustinus HESS and Anna Catherina KAST and grandson of the Palatine immigrant, Johannes HESS. He was a blacksmith inheriting his grandfather’s blackmith tools. He married Margaret FULMER about 1767. They had nine children, seven of whom have their births and baptisms recorded in the Dutch Reform church of German Flats, New York.

John was a private in the Revolutionary War serving in Captain Michael ITTIG’s Company of Peter BELLINGER’s Regiment of New York Militia of the German Flats district in the county of Tryon. During the Revolution the German farmers and tradesmen stayed home and tended their farms, serving as soldiers when needed. John HESS served off and on from 1776 to 1780. On 6 Aug 1777, he, his father and four brothers fought in the battle of Oriskany. The militia, under the command of General Nicholas HERKIMER, was ambushed by Indians commanded by Colonel Barry ST. LEGER as they were going to the relief of the American soldiers under seige at Fort Stanwix, now Rome, New York. This was said to be the bloddiest battle of the war. It was also a turning point, as the English retreated to Canada which eventually helped prevent the division of the colonies by General BURGOYNE’s forces. John HESS was wounded in the right arm and is reported to have received a pension of forty dollars, but the papers have been lost or burned.

He moved to Onondaga County, near Syracuse, New York about 1799, one of the first settlers in that wilderness area. He died there and is buried in the Elbridge cemetery near Camillus, New York. The Daughters of the American Revolution have marked his grave as a soldier of the Revolution.

Margaret was the daughter of Conrad FULMER and Helena (probably HILTS or FRANK). Little is known about the family. She is buried beside her husband in Elbridge cemetery. Their grave markers were erected by their son, Reuben, in 1854.

Augustinus HESS was born 21 Dec 1718 in the colony of New York. He was one of ten children and the oldest son of Johannes HESS and Anna Catherina CURRING. His parents were Palatine emigrants from Germany who settled on the Hudson River in 1710. The family moved to the Mohawk Valley in 1723 and were original patentees of the Burnetsfield patent. Augustinus HESS is listed as owner of lot 10 on the north side of the river. He eventually inherited his father’s lot 31 and part of his grandfather’s lot 29. He moved to lot 31 after his father died. He also owned land in the Harrison patent. The German Flats area was a frontier outpost and suffered severe losses in the French and Indian Wars and in the Revolution. Augustinus lost most of his property in an Indian raid of 12 Nov 1757, and again in the raid of BRANT and BUTLER on 17 Sep 1778. After this raid the army allowed some rations for those who were destitute. Augustinus and his wife were issued one pound of meat and bread each per day, his two minor children one half pound of each.

He married first Anna Catherina KAST and they had eight children. After her death in 1754 he married Nancy SCHELL BENSON, a widow. They had seven children.

Augustinus HESS led a long and useful life. He was a farmer, miller and ferryman. Records show that he was active in community, church and military affairs. He was a member of the Tryon Committee of Safety which governed the county during the Revolution. He was head of the church finance committee which raised funds for rebuilding their church after its destruction in a raid in 1767.

Augustinus served in the New York militia. His name first appears in Conrad FRANK’s company in 1767 as a private, He was on the payroll list of Peter BELLINGER’s company in 1779-1780. He and five of his sons were in the battle of Oriskany on 6 Aug 1777. (See John HESS, ID-276.) Mr. HESS was killed 15 Jul 1782 in an Indian and Tory raid on Ft. Herkimer while attempting to reach the fort. The fort was on the third farm above his home. Tradition says he was buried inside the fort after nightfall. Another account says that 600 Indians and Tories attacked on the south side of the Mohawk River. Peter WOLEVER and Augustinus HESS and their families reached the fort but Mr. HESS was killed just as he entered the gate. Mr. WOLEVER killed the man who shot Mr. HESS.

In spite of many property losses during the war, at his death Augustinus bequeathed over 1600 acres of land to his children as well as money and personal property.

Our line descends through John HESS, spouse of Margaret FULMER.

REFERENCES:

BIRTH-PARENT: William V.H. Barker, Early Families of Herkimer County, New York (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Company, 1981), p. 129; Hubert W. HESS, “The HESS Family in the Mohawk Valley,” St. Johnsville Enterprise and News (St. Johnsville, NY, series of newspaper articles published 1928-30), p. 7; same material condensed by Louise HESS from husband’s material, received from E.P. HESS, Fayetteville, NY, p. 1. Hank Z. Jones, Jr., F.A.S.G., The Palatine Families of New York (Universal City, CA: published by the author, 1985), p. 100, born or baptized 21 Dec 1718, Stone Arabia church family List in church book. Larry M. HESS, comp., Genealogy and History of the HESS Family (August 1954), donated to San Francisco Public Library by SF Chapt. of DAR, Jun

LAND: Hubert HESS, p. 7; Lou D. MacWethy, comp. and arranger, The Book of Names Especially Relating to the Early Palatines and the First Settlers in the Mohawk Valley (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. Inc., 1981), p. 14; Nathaniel S. Benton, History of Herkimer County (Albany: J. Munsell, 78 State St, 1856). Map of Burnetsfield patent showing owners of lot 10 on north side of Mohawk River, and lots 29 and 31 on south side of river, map in possession of author.

Anna Catherina was born about 1721 in New York. She was the daughter of Johann George KAST and his wife, Gertrude. She died in 1754 apparently after the birth of her eighth child.

REFERENCES:

BIRTH-DEATH: Same as ID-286.

CHILDREN: Ibid.

[photo]

Ft. Herkimer Church, Herkimer, NY

[page 246]

CHART NO. 10

HUSBAND: AUGUSTINUS HESS (ID=286)

Born 21 Dec 1718

Place Schoharie, NY (Alby)

Marr

Place NY

Died 15 Jul 1782

Place German Flats, NY (Herkimer)

Bur.

Place

HUSBAND’S FATHER: JOHANNES HESS (ID=295)

HUSBAND’S MOTHER: ANNA CATHERINA CURRING (ID=296)

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES: ANNA CATHERINA KAST (ID=287)

WIFE: NANCY SCHELL (ID=1917)

Born 27 Mar 1737

Place Tryon Co., NY

Died 19 May 1839

Place Herkimer Co., NY

Bur.

Place

WIFE’S FATHER:

WIFE’S MOTHER:

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS: Mr. BENSON (NO ID)

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 M

CHRISTIAN HESS (ID=1918)

10 Mar 1756

Tryon Co., NY

Apr 1776

Elizabeth KAST (NO ID)

2 M

JOST HESS (ID=1919)

03 Nov 1758

Tryon Co., NY

12 May 1785

1844

Elisabeth EDICK (NO ID)

3 M

JOHAN NICHOLAS HESS (ID=1920)

18 Jul 1760

Tryon Co., NY

4 M

CONRAD HESS (ID=1921)

27 Mar 1762

Tryon Co., NY

01 Jan 1788

19 May 1839

Margaret FRANK (NO ID)

5 M

HENRY HESS (ID=1922)

24 Apr 1764

Tryon Co., NY

6 M

DANIEL HESS (ID=1923)

17 Apr 1766

Tryon Co., NY

Edwina WILLIS (NO ID)

7 F

ANNA EVA HESS (ID=1924)

27 May 1768

Tryon Co., NY

OTHER MARRIAGES

[page 247]

CHART NO. 10

HUSBAND: JOHANNES HESS (ID=295)

Born 02 Apr 1687

Place Bleichenbach, Ger. (Hanau)

Marr 29 Aug 1711

Place West Camp, NY (Alby)

Died after 1749

Place Mohawk Valley, NY

Bur.

Place

HUSBAND’S FATHER: AUGUSTINI HESS (ID=306)

HUSBAND’S MOTHER: KUNIGUNDA EMMERICH (ID=307)

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: ANNA CATHERINA CURRING (ID=296)

Born bp 10 Jun 1694

Place Hellstein, Ger. (Isenburg)

Died

Place

Bur.

Place

WIFE’S FATHER: JOHANN LUDOLPH CURRING (ID=411)

WIFE’S MOTHER: OTTILIA FREUNDT (ID=412)

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 F

FANNICHE HESS (ID=297)

20 May 1712

West Camp, NY (Alby)

2 F

ANNA EVA HESS (ID=298)

24 Sep 1713

West Camp, NY (Alby)

Andrew CLAPSATTLE (NO ID)

3 F

ANNA MARIA HESS (ID=299)

19 Apr 1715

West Camp, NY (Alby)

Gustav OSTERHOUT (NO ID)

4 F

CATHERINE HESS (ID=300)

25 Mar 1717

Schoharie, NY (Alby)

5 M

AUGUSTINUS HESS (ID=286)

21 Dec 1718

Schoharie, NY (Alby)

15 Jul 1782

ANNA CATHERINA KAST (ID=287)

6 M

JOHANNES JR. HESS (ID=301)

05 May 1721

09 Nov 1743

1760/1

Anna Margaretha YOUNG (NO ID)

7 M

JOHN FREDERICK HESS (ID=302)

05 Sep 1722

8 F

ANNA DOROTHEA HESS (ID=303)

25 Mar 1724

ca 1753

Adolph WALRATH (NO ID)

9 M

HENRY HESS (ID=304)

02 Feb 1730

10 Feb 1810

Mary Eliz. GARLOCK (NO ID)

10 M

DEDRICK HESS (ID=305)

1732

Maiah LINSKLEPAUGH

[page 248]

ID-295 JOHANNES HESS

Johannes HESS, the Palatine emigrant from Germany, was born in the earldom of Hanau, Germany, in the village of Bleichenbach 2 Apr 1687, confirmed 1699. His parents were Augustini HESS and Kunigunda EMMERICH. He left Germany in company with his uncle, Johannes EMMERICH. The Palatines left Germany for mainly economic reasons. Wars had devastated the country and the extremely cold winter of 1708/9 took its toll of human lives, livestock and crops. The Palatines sailed from Amsterdam to England where they camped or waited on ships for passage to America. Queen Anne of England had arranged for them to settle in New York to secure naval stores for the British navy. Johannes came with Pastor Joshua KOCKERTHAL’s group in 1710, landing at Nutter’s Island (now Governor’s Island). He settled on the Hudson River at West Camp. He married Anna Catherina CURRING 29 Aug 1711, who had come with her family in the same group. They had nine or ten children. He was naturalized 17 Jan 1715/6.

The naval stores project proved unprofitable. In 1712 the British government abandoned the project and discontinued the support of the Palatines. This was due to a change of government in England, poor management and the fact that the pine trees were the wrong kind for the tar and pitch needed. The Palatines suffered greatly that winter. Land had been promised them which had not been forthcoming. Some of the group moved north to the Schoharie Valley and purchased land from the Indians. Johannes HESS and his family were in this group. He is listed in the village of Heessburg in 1716/7. Many problems arose and England tried to expel them without success. The group soon moved on to the Mohawk River area. Johannes was one of the original patentees of the Burnetsfield patent, settling on lot 31 on the south side of the river. His land, now in the town of Herkimer, was in the family for at least four generations. His father-in-law, Ludolph CURRING, lived on lot 29. Ft. Herkimer church and school were on lot 30, and Johannes HESS is listed as one of twelve purchasers of this lot for the church. He also held land in the Harrison and Petrie patents.

Johannes was still alive in 1749 when his name appears as a sponsor for a grandchild. His date of death is not known. In 1734 Pastor BERKENMEYER noted in his journal, Albany Protocol, that he started for the Falls 30 Apr 1734 and arrived late in the evening at the home of Hannes HESS, who treated him kindly; later HESS and his wife were so gracious that he stayed longer than expected.

Anna Catherina was born in Hellstein in the earldom of Isenburg, daughter of Johann Ludolph CURRING and Ottilia FREUNDT, baptised 10 Jun 1694. She came with her parents in the Palatine group who settled in New York on the Hudson River. She was living in 1749 when she and her husband were sponsors for the baptism of a grandchild.

Augustini (Augustinus) was born in Bleichenbach, Germany, in the earldom of Hanau, near Frankfort. He was the son of Heinrich and Anna Maria HESS. He was a blacksmith by trade. He was married to Kunigunda EMMERICH in Selters, a town nearby. They had seven known children, one of whom was Johannes HESS, the original emigrant. Augustini died at age seventy-four and a half years. He was buried 19 Apr 1731.

Kunigunda was born in Bleichenbach, daughter of Johannes and Barbara EMMERICH. She died at age 65 years 9 months, and was buried 11 Mar 1725.

REFERENCES: Same as ID-306.

CHILDREN: Ibid.

[photo]

Selters, Hanau, Germany

[page 254]

CHART NO. 10

HUSBAND: JOHANN GEORGE KAST (ID=490)

Born 1701

Place Germany

Marr

Place

Died after 11 Sep 1768

Place Herkimer Co. NY

Bur.

Place

HUSBAND’S FATHER: JOHANN GEORGE KAST (ID=498)

HUSBAND’S MOTHER: ANNA FECK (FOX?) (ID=500)

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: GERTRUDE KAST (ID=491)

Born

Place Germany

Died after 1778

Place Herkimer Co. NY

Bur.

Place

WIFE’S FATHER:

WIFE’S MOTHER:

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 F

ELIZABETH KAST (ID=492)

unk

2 M

CONRAD KAST (ID=493)

unk

3 F

ANNA CATHERINA KAST (ID=287)

1721

NY

1754

AUGUSTINUS HESS (ID=286)

4 F

SARAH KAST (ID=494)

bef 1724

Herkimer Co. NY

5 F

DOROTHEA KAST (ID=495)

bef 1724

Herkimer Co. NY

6 M

FREDERICH KAST (ID=496)

8 Apr 1727

Herkimer Co. NY

12 Mar 1817

Elisabeth HELMER (NO ID)

7 F

GERTRUDE KAST (ID=497)

Herkimer Co. NY

Dieterick STEELE (NO ID)

OTHER MARRIAGES

[page 255]

ID-490 JOHANN GEORGE KAST, JR.

Johann George, Jr. was born in Germany in 1701, son of Johann George KAST and Anna FECK. He came with his parents to New York in 1710. His wife’s name was Gertrude. They had seven children. George was a patentee in the Burnetsfield patent on lot 5 on the north side of the Mohawk River, 30 Apr 1725. He died after 1768.

Gertrude was born in Germany, parents names unknown. She died in Herkimer County, New York after 1778.

REFERENCES:

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Same as ID-490.

CHILDREN: Ibid.

[page 256]

CHART NO. 10

HUSBAND: JOHANN GEORGE KAST (ID=498)

Born 1679

Place Leimen, Germany

Marr ca 1700

Place Germany

Died ca 1757

Place Herkimer Co. NY

Bur.

Place

HUSBAND’S FATHER:

HUSBAND’S MOTHER:

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: ANNA FECK (FOX?) (ID=500)

Born

Place

Died

Place

Bur.

Place

WIFE’S FATHER:

WIFE’S MOTHER:

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 M

JOHANN GEORGE KAST (ID=490)

1701

Germany

after 11 Sep 1768

GERTRUDE KAST (ID=491)

2 F

ANNA CATHERINA KAST (ID=499)

bp 2 Sep 1703

Leimen, Germany

3 F

ANNA ELIZABETHA KAST (ID=501)

1703/5

Leimen, Germany

Nicholaus MATTICE (NO ID)

4 F

REGINA KAST (ID=502)

bp 25 Sep 1707

Leimen, Germany

5 F

MARGARETHA KAST (ID=503)

1707

Germany

John Wilhelm FUCHS (NO ID)

6 M

LUDWIG KAST (ID=504)

ca 1760

7 F

SARAH KAST (ID=505)

1713

09 Sep 1791

Teddy MAGINNIS (NO ID)

8 F

ANNA DOROTHEA KAST (ID=506)

13 Nov 1715

Schoharie, NY

Heinrich HAGER (NO ID)

9 F

ANNA MARIA KAST (ID=507)

1717

1769

Geo. RICHTMEYER (NO ID)

10 F

MARIA BARBARA KAST (ID=508)

bef 1755

Frederich HELMER (NO ID)

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ID-498 JOHANN GEORGE KAST, SR.

Johann George, Sr. came from Germany with the Palatines in 1710. His family originated in Leimen, Germany. Leimen registers state he was a citizen of Rohrbach. He was born in 1679, married Anna FECK in 1700. They had ten children, four were born in Germany. He is listed as a husbandman and vinedresser in the Palatine records. The family appears on the Hunter’s Subsistence lists as #360. Johann George was naturalized 11 Oct 1715. He was a patentee on lot 22 in the Burnetsfield patent on the north side of the Mohawk River. He received 1100 acres in Herkimer County in 1724. His will dated 30 Apr 1755, was probated in 1757.

Our line descends through Johann George KAST, Jr., spouse of Gertrude.

DEATH-WILL: Berthold Fernow, ed., Calender of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Court of Appeals, of the County Clerk at Albany, and of the Secretary of State 1626-1836 (New York: 1896), #971, p. 58.

ID-500 ANNA FECK (FOX)

No record of her parents or birth.

REFERENCES: See ID-498.

CHILDREN: Same as ID-498; Sarah KAST MacGINNIS was a notable Tory, a friend of the Iroquois Indians and persuaded them to remain loyal to the British cause. Much has been written about her exploits during the Revolutionary War. She died in Canada; Kast, p. 2.

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CHART NO. 147

HUSBAND: JOHANNES EMMERICH (ID=713)

Born ca 1614

Place Germany

Marr

Place

Died 23 Nov 1688

Place Bleichenbach, Ger (Hanau)

Bur.

Place

HUSBAND’S FATHER:

HUSBAND’S MOTHER:

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: BARBARA EMMERICH (ID=714)

Born unk

Place Germany

Died 20 Jan 1689

Place Germany

Bur.

Place

WIFE’S FATHER:

WIFE’S MOTHER:

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 M

JOHANNES EMMERICH (ID=715)

bp 1 Jan 1652

Germany

bef 1733

Anna Margaretha DESCES (?) (NO ID)

2 M

JOHAN CONRAD EMMERICH (ID=716)

bp 30 Mar 1657

08 Mar 1665

3 F

KUNIGUNDA EMMERICH (ID=307)

bp 5 Jun 1659

Bleichenbach, Ger (Hanau)

20 Oct 1680

10 Mar 1725

AUGUSTINI HESS (ID=306)

4 F

ANNA MARGARETHA EMMERICH (ID=717)

bp 26 Jun 1662

Germany

5 M

JOHANNES EMMERICH (ID=718)

13 Nov 1664

Germany

08 Mar 1665

6 M

PETER EMMERICH (ID=719)

unk

Germany

08 Mar 1665

OTHER MARRIAGES

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ID-713 JOHANNES EMMERICH

Johannes EMMERICH was born (circa 1614). His ancestral home was in Bleichenbach, in the Hanau area of Germany. He married Barbara, and they had six children. He died at age 74 on 23 Nov 1688.

Our line descends through Kunigunda EMMERICH, spouse of Augustini HESS.

CHILDREN: Ibid., pp. 206-207, son, Johannes EMMERICH, emigrated to America with his nephew, Johannes HESS. Johannes EMMERICH died before 1733 and his widow married Heinrich BROUWER, causing much dissension among her children: see John Dern, ed., The Albany Protocol, Wilhelm Christoph Berkenmeyer’s Chronicle of Lutheran Affairs in New York Colony, 1731-1750, translated from German (Ann Arbor, MI, 1971), pp. 128-131.

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CHART NO. 148

HUSBAND: JOHANN LUDOLPH CURRING (ID=411)

Born ca 1660

Place Germany

Marr 21 Oct 1685

Place Germany

Died after 1735

Place NY (Mohawk Valley)

Bur.

Place

HUSBAND’S FATHER: ANTON CURRING (ID=709)

HUSBAND’S MOTHER: UNK CURRING (ID=710)

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: OTTILIA FREUNDT (ID=412)

Born 11 Mar 1666

Place Hellstein, Germany

Died after 1735

Place NY (Mohawk Valley)

Bur.

Place

WIFE’S FATHER: JOHANN FREUNDT (ID=424)

WIFE’S MOTHER: ANNA APPELS GEDERN (ID=425)

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 F

ANNA APOLLONIA CURRING (ID=413)

05 Jun 1687

Hellstein, Ger

27 Mav [sic] 1688

2 F

JOHANNA ELISABETHA CURRING (ID=414)

bp 3 Mar 1689

Hellstein, Ger

Christoph FUCHS (NO ID)

3 M

JOHANNES CURRING (ID=415)

Nov 1692

Hellstein, Ger

29 Jun 1693

4 F

ANNA CATHERINA CURRING (ID=296)

bp 10 Jun 1694

Hellstein, Ger (Isenburg)

29 Aug 1711

JOHANNES HESS (ID=295)

5 F

ANNA DOROTHEA CURRING (ID=416)

Dec 1695

Hellstein, Ger

Lt. Thomas SHOEMAKER (NO ID)

6 F

ELISABETHA CHRISTINA CURRING (ID=417)

bp 4 Dec 1698

Hellstein, Ger

11 Dec 1698

7 M

JOHANN GEORG CURRING (ID=418)

bp 22 Aug 1700

Hellstein, Ger

8 M

JOHANNES CURRING (ID=419)

bp 20 Apr 1702

Hellstein, Ger

9 M

JOHANN CONRAD CURRING (ID=420)

bp 9 Nov 1706

Hellstein, Ger

10 F

ANNA MARGARETHA CURRING (ID=421)

bp 23 Nov 1704

Hellstein, Ger

1731

Conrad KUHN (NO ID)

11 M

JOHANN WILHELM CURRING (ID=422)

bp 14 Oct 1707

Hellstein, Ger

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ID-411 JOHANN LUDOLPH CURRING

Ludolph CURRING was born in Germany (circa 1660), son of Anton CURRING. He married Ottilia FREUNDT 21 Oct 1685. They had eleven children, baptized at the church in Hellstein (Spielberg) Duchy of Isenburg, Germany. The family immigrated with the Palatines in 1709 to New York. His name appears on Governor HUNTER’s subsistence lists in 1710/12. He was naturalized 31 Jan 1715/6. He is listed with only three children (Catherina, Anna Dorothea and Conrad) in the New York 1710 census. At least three children are known to have died in Germany.

Ludolph and his wife were patentees on the south side of the Mohawk River, lots 13 and 29, in the Burnettsfield patent of 30 Apr 1725. He is also named in the Petrie land deed as “Rudolph KORSING.” He was one of the original twelve trustees of the Ft. Herkimer church in 1730. He lived next door to the church. Johannes HESS lived on the other side of the church. The rebuilt church is still there today.

His date of death is uncertain. He was alive in 1734 when Pastor BERKENMEYER visited him. The pastor mentions in his journal that he visited old Lulof who had been married 50 years.

Ottilia was born 11 Mar 1666 at Hellstein and baptized at Spielberg, Germany. She was the daughter of Johann FREUNDT and Anna APPELS.

REFERENCES:

BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE: Same as ID-411.

LAND-DEATH: Ibid.

CHILDREN: Jones, pp. 130-131.

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CHART NO. 148

HUSBAND: ANTON CURRING (ID=709)

Born unk

Place Germany, of Erlinghausen/Lippe

Marr

Place

Died bur 30 Aug 1703

Place Schachtelburg, Ger

Bur.

Place

HUSBAND’S FATHER:

HUSBAND’S MOTHER:

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: UNK CURRING (ID=710)

Born unk

Place Germany

Died

Place

Bur.

Place

WIFE’S FATHER:

WIFE’S MOTHER:

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 M

JOHANN LUDOLPH CURRING (ID=411)

ca 1660

Germany

21 Oct 1685

after 1735

OTTILIA FREUNDT (ID=412)

OTHER MARRIAGES

ID-709 ANTON CURRING (KORDING)

Anton CURRING of Erlinghausen in Grasffschaft, Lippe, Germany, was the earliest known ancestor of Ludolph CURRING. He died at Schachtelburg and was buried there 30 Aug 1703. His wife’s name is not known.

Our line descends through his son, Ludolph, and his spouse, Ottilia FREUNDT.

REFERENCES:

RESIDENCE-DEATH: Jones, p. 130.

ID-710 UNKNOWN CURRING (KORDING)

No information.

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CHART NO. 149

HUSBAND: JOHANN FREUNDT (ID=424)

Born

Place Germany, Hanau area

Marr 20 Apr 1665

Place Spielberg, Ger

Died 27 Jul 1682

Place Hellstein, Ger

Bur.

Place

HUSBAND’S FATHER: VELTON FREUNDT (ID=711)

HUSBAND’S MOTHER: MARGARETHA FREUNDT (ID=712)

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: ANNA APPELS GEDERN (ID=425)

Born

Place Udenhain (Spielberg) Ger

Died

Place

Bur.

Place

WIFE’S FATHER: Johann GEDERN (NO ID)

WIFE’S MOTHER:

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 F

OTTILIA FREUNDT (ID=412)

11 Mar 1666

Hellstein, Germany

21 Oct 1685

after 1735

JOHANN LUDOLPH CURRING (ID=411)

OTHER MARRIAGES

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CHART NO. 149

HUSBAND: VELTON FREUNDT (ID=711)

Born unk

Place Germany

Marr

Place Germany

Died Feb 1675

Place Hellstein, Ger

Bur.

Place

HUSBAND’S FATHER:

HUSBAND’S MOTHER:

HUSBAND’S OTHER WIVES:

WIFE: MARGARETHA FREUNDT (ID=712)

Born unk

Place Germany

Died bef 25 Apr 1665

Place Hellstein, Ger

Bur.

Place

WIFE’S FATHER:

WIFE’S MOTHER:

WIFE’S OTHER HUSBANDS:

M/F

CHILDREN

WHEN BORN

WHERE BORN

FIRST MARRIAGE

WHEN DIED

1 M

JOHANN FREUNDT (ID=424)

Germany, Hanau area

20 Apr 1665

27 Jul 1682

ANNA APPELS GEDERN (ID=425)

OTHER MARRIAGES

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ID-424 JOHANN FREUNDT

Johann was born in the Hanau area of Germany, son of Velton FREUNDT and Margaretha. He married Anna Appels GEDERN 20 Apr 1665 at Spielberg. He died at Hellstein and was buried there 27 Jul 1682.

Our line descends through Ottilia FREUNDT, spouse of Ludolph CURRING.

REFERENCES:

BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Hank Z. Jones, Jr., F.A.S.G., The Palatine Families of New York (Universal City, CA: published by the author, 1985), p. 130.

ID-425 ANNA APPELS

Anna was the daughter of Johann GEDERN of Udenhain (Spielberg) Germany.

REFERENCES: Same as ID-424.

CHILDREN: Ottilia only child known.

ID-711 VELTON FREUNDT

Velton and his wife, Margaretha, were born in Germany. They were parents of one known child. Velton died Feb 1675 in Spielberg and was buried there. Our line descends through Johann FREUNDT, spouse of Anna Appels.

4314: JOHANNES HESS – born 1747 (pr. son of Augustinus and not an extended [???]iage for the older John HESS <b 1721> who married Margaret YOUNG); m by 1776 MARGARET …, pr. MARGARET FULMER ps. dau of CONRAD FULMER. On 1790 German Flats census (1-5-4) next in list to Augustinus HESS.

Source: ﻿Henry Z. Jones, Jr., The Palatine Families of New York (Universal City, California: published by the author, 1985). [WorldCat]

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JOHANNES HESS (Hunter Lists #302)

Johannes HESS, blacksmith of Bleichenbach in the earldom of Hanau, md. 29 Aug 1711 Anna Catharina, d/o Ludolst CURRING of Hellstein in the earldom of Isenburg (West Camp Luth. Chbk.). The roots of this Mohawk Valley family were then at 6474 Bleichenbach (5 km. n.w. of Budingen; Chbks. begin 1650, Ref.); entries on the group were also found at 6474 Selters (1 km. further n.w.; Chbks. begin 1672, but gaps, Luth.). The earliest known antecedent of the American family was Henrich HESS, called a wagner in Bleichenbach on an inhabitant list of 1694 (Selters Chbk.). He md. an Anna Maria (–) and had issue:

A Johan HES was listed alone on Capt. Francois WAREN’s ship in Holland in 1709 in the 5th party of Palatines (Rotterdam Lists).

Johannes HESS made his initial appearance on the Hunter Lists 30 June 1710 with 1 pers. over 10 yrs. of age in the family; the household increased to 2 pers. over 10 yrs. 29 Sept 1711. Johannis HES was nat. 17 Jan 1715/16 (Albany Nats.). Joseph HESS and his wife Catharina with 1 child were at Neu-Heessberg ca. 1716/17 (Simmendinger Register). Johannes HESS was a patentee on the s. side of the Mohawk River 30 April 1725 (Burnetsfield Patent). Johannis HESS and Fredrich PILLENGER received land from Lewis MORRIS Jr. in 1732 (Albany Co. Deeds, Vol. 6, p. 348). BERKENMEYER mentioned that he started for the Falls 12 Aug 1734 and arrived late in the evening at the home of Hannes HESS, who treated him kindly; later HESS and his wife were so gracious that he stayed longer than expected (Albany Protocol, pp. 91 & 94). (Johannes) HESS was noted with Johannes (Jr.) on Pastor SOMMER’s List of families ca. 1744 (Schoharie Luth. Chbk.). A Johannes HESS was recorded at Canajoharrie in 1763 (Albany Co. Freeholders). The ch. of Johannes1 HESS and his wife Anna Catharina were:

Chbk. Augustines HESS was a patentee on the n. side of the Mohawk River 30 April 1725 (Burnetsfield Patent). Achistenes HESS was a freeholder at the Falls in 1763 (Albany Co. Freeholders). He md. an Anna (–) and had issue:

There were several other members of the HESS family in the Mohawk Valley: 1) An Augustine HESS d. 31 March 1838, aged 85 yrs. (Columbia Cem., Ref. Church, Herkimer Co.); 2) A Johann Jost HESS d. 22 July 1841, aged 85 yrs. and 7 months (Columbia Cem., Ref. Church, Herkimer Co.); and 3) a Hendrick HESS of Canajohary wrote his will 26 Aug 1801, and it was probated 13 June 1810 (Montgomery Co. Will Bk. I).

NICLAUS HESS (Hunter Lists #303)

The German home of this Palatine family was at 5419 Freirachdorf (22 km. n.e. of Neuwied; Chbks. begin 1689). Nicolaus HESS md. Veronica Catharina (–) 30 July 1702; a notation in the chbk. mentioned that the couple had lived together a long time previous to their marriage in whoring and had an illegitimate child. Niklaas HESCHE, his wife and 1 child were listed in the 6th party of Palatines in Holland in 1709 (Rotterdam Lists); they were recorded near Johann Herman BÖTSER, Johan diderig SCHNITER, Johan Wilhellem SNEITER, and Hans Jacob DINGES – all of whom came from villages bordering Freirachdorf (HJ).

Niclaus HESS made his initial appearance on the Hunter Lists 4 July 1710 with 2 pers. over 10 yrs. and 3 pers. under 10; the entry changed 4 Aug 1710 to 3 pers. over 10 and 2 under 10. In most all of his entries on the Hunter Rolls, Nicolaus HESS was recorded near other 1709ers from the Neuwied-Westerwald region (HJ). Niccolas HES was nat. 17 Jan 1715/16 (Albany Nats.). He was a Palatine Debtor in 1718, 1719 (at Kingsberry), and 1721. Nicklas HES was a Palatine willing to remain at Livingston Manor 26 Aug 1724 (Doc. History of N.Y., Vol. III, p. 724). He had ch.:

Peter2, s/o Nicolaus HESS, probably d. young (HJ). A later-arriving Johann Pieter HES joined the Germantown Ref. Church 19 Oct 1751 with papers from the church at Rhosbach; Roβbach is the parish seat for Freirachdorf in Germany (HJ).

HESS, Elisabeth, (wife of Johannes Joseph HESS and sister of Michael ITTIG, from Columbia), d. 7/15/1813, age 51 years; buried in the cemetery near the church in the same place (RDH:268)

HESS, Eva, (wife of Frederick HESS; born: ITTIG), d. 5/5/1808, Germanflats, age 29 years, 9 months, 13 days; buried in the church cemetery of the same place (RDH:260)

HESS, Frederick, (son of Frederick HESS), d. 3/25/1816, Germanflats, age 14 years; buried in the cemetery near the church (RDH:272)

HESS, George H., d. 9/27/1840, age 67 years, 6 months, 10 days; buried in a private cemetery on the AARONs farm, formerly owned by Mrs. Estella FINEHOUT, on a knoll within sight of the road in the town of Hessville (AFC 41:2)

HESS, Mary E., (wife of George H. HESS), d. 5/30/1838, age 66 years; buried in a private cemetery on the AARONs farm, formerly owned by Mrs. Estella FINEHOUT, on a knoll within sight of the road in the town of Hessville (AFC 41:2)

HESS, Conrad, b. 1762, German Flatts, N.Y.; (father; [not named] was killed at the time of attack upon Fort Herkimer); applied for pension on 10/13/1832 and was not allowed one due to unsatisfactory proof of service. Conrad served under Capts. Michael ITTIG and Frederick FRANK in Col. Peter BELLINGER’s 4th. Regt. and also under Capt. GROSS in Col. Marinus WILLETT’s Regt.; Conrad stated that he fought in the battles of Oriskany, West Canada Creek and Fort Herkimer. (RWPA: #R4927)

HESS, Daniel, b. 11/13/1757; (brother: David [Debalt], b. 9/22/1753; resided in Mexico, Montgomery Co., N.Y. in 1835); resident of Oppenheim, Montgomery Co. on 9/5/1834. Daniel entered the military from his home in Palatine in March 1775 and was a private at various times until 1780 under Capts. John HESS, Christopher FOX, Peter WAGGONER in Col. Jacob KLOCK’s 2nd. Regt., Tryon Co. Militia. (RWPA: #S22826)